Bill 93, Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2017

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The
Bill amends the Public Transportation and Highway
Improvement Act. If the Minister, under section 116 of the Act, enters
into an agreement with a municipality to provide a rebate of tax under the Gasoline Tax Act to the municipality for the purpose of
constructing, maintaining or operating a rapid transit or public transportation
system, the Minister shall not refuse to enter into an agreement to provide a
rebate of tax under that Act to any other municipality for a purpose related to
public highways under the jurisdiction of the latter municipality. The amount
of the rebate that the latter municipality receives shall be based on the
number of inhabitants in the municipality and the total distance of public
highways under the jurisdiction of the municipality.

Bill 93 2017

An
Act to amend the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act with respect
to matching rebates of gasoline tax that the Minister provides to
municipalities

Her
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the
Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

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Section 116 of the Public Transportation and Highway
Improvement Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Matching
rebate

(3) If
the Minister, under clause (1) (b), enters into an agreement with a
municipality to provide a rebate of tax under the Gasoline
Tax Act to the municipality for a purpose described in that clause, the
Minister shall not refuse to enter into an agreement under clause (1) (a) to
provide a rebate of tax under that Act to any other municipality for the
purpose of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, managing or
operating highways under the jurisdiction of the latter municipality if the
Legislature by appropriation authorizes payment of the latter rebate.

Definitions

(4) In
subsection (5),

"first
municipality" means the municipality that receives a rebate of tax under the Gasoline Tax Act for a purpose described in clause (1)
(b); ("première municipalité")

"second
municipality" means the municipality that receives a rebate of tax under the Gasoline Tax Act under subsection (3). ("deuxième
municipalité")

Amount
of rebate

(5) The
amount of the rebate provided to the second municipality shall be calculated as
follows:

A
× (B ÷ C) × (D ÷ E)

where,

A =
the amount of the rebate provided to the first municipality,

B =
the number of inhabitants of the second municipality,

C =
the number of inhabitants of the first municipality,

D =
the total distance of highways under the jurisdiction of the second
municipality,

E =
the total distance of highways under the jurisdiction of the first
municipality.

Commencement

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This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short
title

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The short title of this Act is the Gasoline Tax Fairness
for All Act, 2017.